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  2. Tonsure - Wikipedia

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    This ritual is regionally found in India among male mourners, who shave their heads as a sign of bereavement. [8] Until a few decades ago, many Hindu communities, especially the upper castes, forced widows to undergo the ritual of tonsure and shun good clothes and ornaments, in order to make them unattractive to men. [9]

  3. Head shaving - Wikipedia

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    A Thai Buddhist monk shaving the head of a man preparing to also become a Buddhist monk; this is known as tonsure. Head shaving is a form of body modification which involves shaving the hair from a person's head. People throughout history have shaved all or part of their heads for diverse reasons including aesthetics, convenience, culture ...

  4. Chudakarana - Wikipedia

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    ' tonsure '), is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu saṃskāras (sacraments), in which a child receives their first haircut. No reference is provided in any Grhya Sutras, but, in general this samskara is taken place at the end of second year or before the expiry of the third year, but the later authorities extend the age to the seventh year. [1]

  5. First haircut - Wikipedia

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    The ritual first haircut (Polish: postrzyżyny) was a pre-Christian pagan-Slavic tradition which survived in Poland well into the 18th century. This first haircut traditionally took place between the ages of 7 and 10, and was conducted by either the boy's father or a stranger, who would thus enter into the boy's family. [ 6 ]

  6. Indian rituals after death - Wikipedia

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    Hindu rituals after death, including Vedic rituals after death, are ceremonial rituals in Hinduism, one of the samskaras (rite of passage) based on Vedas and other Hindu texts, performed after the death of a human being for their moksha and consequent ascendance to Svarga (heaven). Some of these vary across the spectrum of Hindu society.

  7. Degrees of Eastern Orthodox monasticism - Wikipedia

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    The Rite of Tonsure is printed in the Euchologion (Church Slavonic: Trebnik), as are the other Sacred Mysteries and services performed according to need, such as funerals, blessings, and exorcisms. The monastic habit is the same throughout the Eastern Church (with certain slight regional variations), and it is the same for both monks and nuns.

  8. What Is the Glorious Twelfth, aka the Controversial “Ritual ...

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    It is an important ritual for Kate and William to take their children there for the Glorious Twelfth and that is the goal this year.” Balmoral Castle Tim Graham - Getty Images

  9. Head covering for Jewish women - Wikipedia

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    It was discovered that the hair used for the production of these wigs was taken from a Hindu temple where pilgrims travelled to undergo the ritual of tonsure (head shaving). According to Jewish law, one cannot derive benefit from anything used in practices considered to be idolatry .